Panel Presentation: Int'l Information Careers & Internships ~ Thurs, Oct 6th @ 5pm

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International Information Careers and Internships

Thurs, Oct 6 | 5-6:30pm | Space 2435 in North Quad

Come learn about the wide range of international careers that are associated with the field of Information.  The information industry is rapidly growing and encompasses career opportunities including international development to consulting to librarianship to data analysis to web design and usability.

Panelists include:

Dr. Joyojeet Pal, UM School of Information Faculty

Joyojeet Pal is a junior faculty member at the School of Information. His research is primarily on assistive technology use in the developing world, and his teaching centers around issues of technology and international development. In the past he has worked and conducted research in Brazil, India, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, as well as overseen research throughout the Latin American Region.

Ted McCarthy, Microsoft Research India – Summer 2011 Intern

Ted is a second-year School of Information master’s student specializing in Information Analysis and Retrieval and Information Economics for Management. He spent the summer in Bangalore, India in an internship conducting research in the Technology for Emerging Markets group at Microsoft Research. He studied the use of assistive technologies, and particularly the ways in which the visually impaired population in India uses screen reader software, and how to expand the use of low-cost or free screen readers within India. Ted also spent time in a hospital in Delhi on an emergency visit, so if people would like, will happily discuss certain logistical aspects of medical emergencies abroad, and the many merits of purchasing travel insurance. Ted has experience traveling in various other parts of the world, and has taught English in Turkey as well, so is willing to discuss other points on travel/work/life abroad as well.

Gurpreet Rana, Global Health Coordinator, UM Taubman Health Sciences Library

As Global Health Coordinator for the Taubman Health Sciences Library (a relatively new position), Gurpreet is engaged in creating instructional programs, collaborating with schools, center and departments in global health research, and investigating the role of information in global health initiatives.  Gurpreet promotes the Library's role in our increasingly global university by identifying, coordinating, and creating awareness of the wide range of Library resources and services in support of U-M’s growing global health study and research community and promotes Library partnerships to advance U-M’s global health efforts.  In addition to collaborating with U-M’s global engagement community, Gurpreet has provided information skills training and research consultations for researchers, visiting scholars and health professionals from several countries, including Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, South Africa, China, and India. 

Sara Sterkenburg, United States Embassy/National Museum of Art in La Paz, Bolivia Intern

Sara is a second semester student at the School of Information, specializing in Archives and Records Management. This past summer , Sara traveled to La Paz, Bolivia to work as an archival and museum intern with the National Museum of Art, and alongside the U.S. Embassy there. Her job was to create a digital archive of the history of the museum, as preserved through news and media records.